Interestingly enough, the boards that have ridden the best had a natural frequency of 3.3 Hz, boards that were slow and unresponsive tended to have natural frquencies less than this and boards that were fast, but didn't feel alive had natural frequencies above the 3.3 Hz.

I don't know how to build a board to that specification, but it was an interesting test.

Nice test! it is almost like this could open up a whole new category of boards, or at least help us specify which boards are best for each rider. I should try this test, but i am scared my boards would just end up breaking,,hahahah

LOL - it looks that way doesn't it? Actually I dropped my old laptop and the screen quit working...I salvaged that old monitor from the office and plugged it in to the video output, as I continue to recover files from the old beast of a laptop.

The reflex of the boards I think is fairly important, if you've ever ridden a "magic" board, they just feel alive underfoot. On the sample boards they would resonate at 3.3 Hz, but for James who is 40 pounds less than I am they would resonate at 4.0 Hz...it makes me think that stiffer boards might help us heavier folks achieve a more responsive board.

I'd bet your boards will do fine, the worst case scenario is they'll just bend and touch the floor.